Friday, 6 December 2013

Urdu Poetry Sites

Urdu Poetry Sites Biography

Source (google.com.pk)

Gulzar - Garden of Songs 
A comprehensive website dedicated to Gulzar - poet, lyricist, director from India. The site is maintained by Pavan Jha who makes his admiration for the poet obvious through this meticulously maintained website.

Faiz Ahmed Faiz 
A small but flashy website dedicated to Faiz Ahmed Faiz. There are biographical snippets, a picture gallery and audio files available at the web site. The site uses frames and graphics so those on slow/dial-up lines should be aware that it can take time to download the pages.

Amir Khusro 
Amir Khusro (also spelt Khusrau or Khusrow), a prolific Persian poet (1253-1325 AD), is a household name in much of North India and Pakistan, through the qawallis, playful Hindi riddles, couplets and legends attributed to him. This informative and well organized web site is maintained by Yousuf Saeed, an independent documentary filmmaker and writer based in New Delhi, India.

Urdu Corner 
Online bookstore for books on Urdu poetry. The collection is representative of the best of Urdu poetry from Pakistan. All the books are in Urdu script only. They also have books in other categories.

Urdu Poetry in Devnagri 
This is a Hindi version of the Urdu Poetry Archive. You will need to have the Shusha font installed to be able to read the poems in Devnagri (Hindi) script. Links to download the font and directions on how to install it are available on the main page. The site is maintained by Suman Ghai.

A Nazm A Month 
For six years, Urdustan.com has been introducing Urdu poetry lovers to the wonderful world of Urdu nazms. From the classical masters to modern day poets, this is a representative collection of the best that Urdu nazms have to offer. Happy Browsing!

Mehfil-e-Mushaira 
This is the first site in the world to present Urdu poetry from mushairas (poetry readings) on the Web. The site contains audio clips of poetry recited by poets themselves in various mushairas held in various countries. The audio files are in Real Audio format.

Love Sonnets of Ghalib 
A companion web site for the book by the same name by Sarfaraz Niazi. The website has excerpts from the book as well as some interesting artwork. The site also contains streaming audio.

eUrdu Bazaar 
A large, well designed website dedicated to Urdu literature. The site contents are in Urdu script. The website is fairly graphic intensive so if you are on a dial-up connection, you will have to be patient.


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